Definitions for quercetin

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quercetin quer·ce·tin

Spelling: [kwur-si-tin]

IPA: /ˈkwɜr sɪ tɪn/

Quercetin is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 284 anagrams from letters in quercetin (ceeinqrtu).

Definitions for quercetin

noun

1. a yellow, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, C 15 H 10 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the quercitron and other vegetable substances, used as a yellow dye; flavin.

Origin of quercetin

1855-60; New Latin quercēt(um) an oak grove (Latin querc(us) oak (see quercine) + -ētum suffix of places where a given plant grows) + -in

Examples for quercetin

Apples contain an anti-inflammatory flavonoid called quercetin, while red wine contains the flavonoid catechin.

It contains two coloring principles, quercetrin and quercetin.

A very minute proportion of quercetin, a principle yielded by quercitron bark, has been obtained from catechu.